More Than Meets The Eye
by simbamba

Comment by the-O-ster:
i'm trying to "get" the title...

no luck, moving on...

More Than Meets The Eye
by simbamba

Comment by L1:
White area in foreground is distracting.

More Than Meets The Eye
by simbamba

Comment by olnos:
I really like the tones and composition of this picture.

Yoked to Death
by simbamba

Comment by MikeO:
Great image, good, deep colour

Yoked to Death
by simbamba

Comment by geewhy:
Very artistic rendition..simple and effective.
Good image

Yoked to Death
by simbamba

Comment by AmiYuy:
Ew...The shell is orange, but that's not the main subject here. The bright red and yellow of the yoke draw the eye. The yellow streak is really distracting from the great plain black background. Maybe try using a horizontal crop. Score: 4

Baobab
by simbamba

Comment by Pedro:
Very Nice, John. I can't tell if it's a hazy day, or if the focus is a little soft, but either way it works. If you cropped this, I might try going back and giving it a little more negative space at the top. The tree is being crowded by the top of the frame (trees don't like that, I don't think:)). If this is full frame, you could try it with a little less black at the bottom and perhaps open it up a little more.
If this is close to home, it might be fun to go back and try it again and layer a couple of exposures: one way underexposed to get the sun sharp, and another layer like this to get the colours in the sky. Layer them and keep the best of both. Just don't enter a shot like that since it would get DQ on DPC. :)

Regards,
Pedro

Yoked to Death
by simbamba

Comment by jperez1690:
This shot is incredible. What I enjoy is the way the rich texture of the speckled egg sets a nice firm base that my attention can leap from, sweeping over to the brilliant congealed yolk on the right and then cascading down on the shimmering surface you've lit, while the deep black background binds it all together. This is my favorite in the challenge.

Yoked to Death
by simbamba

Comment by alanbataar:
Cool -- nice composition, decent lighting (although it seems the image has been rotated), good DOF, good focus.

Did you see that?
by simbamba

Comment by Jean:
Wonderful shot John, it should have scored much higher. Excellent work.